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Monday, March 26, 2012

Busy Day Dinner: Flatbread Pizza

I make flatbread pizza twice a month. It's the perfect entree for exhausted or time-challenged cooks. Depending on the toppings, this pizza takes 2 minutes to assemble and 15 minutes to bake.

Each flatbread is adorably egg-shaped, the perfect pre-Easter pizza.

Quick Flatbread Pizza

Deli or grocery store flatbread (available at Publix (two to a package); Kroger has a similar product.

Pancetta, diced

green pepper, diced

small yellow onion, thinly sliced

cherry tomatoes

Pizza sauce

Cheese

fresh basil

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Pre-heat oven to 400 degrees. Pour 1 T extra virgin olive oil into a frying pan. Gently cook the pancetta. The point is to remove as much grease as possible so your pizza won't get soggy. Place pancetta on paper towels and set aside. Place flatbread on an ungreased baking pan. Spread each flatbread with pizza sauce (3 or 4 teaspoons). Top with pancetta and sliced cherry tomatoes.

Salt and pepper to taste.

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Tip: To retain the tomatoes' juice, slice them with a bread knife.

My older son is a chef, and he taught me this handy trick.

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Sprinkle green peppers and onion over each flatbread. Top with shredded cheese.

Bake 15 minutes. Remove from oven. Garnish with basil.

Flatbread pizzas are perfect for families with picky eaters. The pizzas can be individualized--mushrooms, ham, bacon, chicken, or plain cheese.

You can even grill it.

If you like pizza and have zero time,

you can't go wrong with an entree that's on the table in under 17 minutes.

I'm making this! First of all it looks just so beautiful and your photography is stunning! And it will be so good to make when I have a busy and frazzled day!

Michael I would love to know what kind of lighting you use. I have a big wrap porch that makes my kitchen a littlekj too dark for good photography, especially now that I have soapstone counter tops. They just seem to eat up light. I think I need another lighting source to make my images look clearer. I know that you are very busy so I'll understand if you cannot reply, but if you can offer a little help I sure would be grateful!Thanks,Yvonne